Welcome to LCCSSA

Be a Part of the Process—Let Your Voice be Heard

Welcome to Lewis & Clark! We hope you enjoy working here and being a part of our community. We would like to invite you to be a member of the Lewis & Clark College Support Staff Association (LCCSSA), your Union here on campus. LCCSSA membership has many benefits—we think once you review the benefits of LCCSSA membership you’ll find it an easy decision to join.

Members get together for our annual Valentine's Day lunch.

Past Bargaining Successes for LCCSSA

Vacation Day Increase

2003: 12-22 days per year (depending on length of service)

2007: 15-24 days per year (depending on length of service)

Sick Leave Increase

2013: 22 days per year ( previously 12 for <5 year employees and 15 for .5 years)

Holidays

2007: Addition of MLK Day

Overtime Pay Designation

2007: Overtime accrues after 40 hours of pay rather than 40 hours of work.

2007: After five consecutive days of doing a higher paying job (inside or outside the unit) you will be compensated at least $1.00 more an hour based on the higher salary

2013: Additional Compensation is set at $3.00 an hour

Swing Shift Premium

If you start work at noon or later you receive an hourly premium.

2003: None

2007: $.50 per hour after 4:00 p.m.

2011: $1.00 per hour after 4:00 p.m.

Wage Increases

Between 2000 and 2016 from $8.50-19.80 per hour to $15.92 to $35.71

Wage Table

2016: Table structure is changed, reducing the wage steps from sixteen years to five by the end of the contract and an 11% increase in wages over the next three years.

Be a part of the process and let your voice be heard. Become a full member of the team: the Lewis & Clark Support Staff Association AFT Local 4912!

Your choice: become a member of the Union, or become a “Fair Share” participant. Fair Share participants pay 80.86% of the union dues, which covers the costs of collective bargaining, contract administration, and related activities. However, Fair share payers do not have the same rights as members such as determining what is negotiated in your collective bargaining agreement (union contract) or deciding who will represent them at the bargaining table.

LCCSSA: Membership vs Fair Share Payer

Benefit

LCCSSA Membership

Payroll deduction is

1.325% of salary

Fair Share Payer

Payroll deduction is

1.06% of salary

Represented in Collective Bargaining

Yes

Yes

Contract Implementation and Enforcement

Yes

Yes

Union support/representation in grievance or disciplinary meetings.

Yes

Yes

Attend General Membership Meetings

Yes

Yes

Included on LCCSSA Email Announcement List

Yes

Yes

Union Member

Yes

No

Have input on collective bargaining negotiations (union contract).

Yes

No

Voting for representatives of bargaining team.

Yes

No

Vote for Contract Ratification

Yes

No

Ability to Run for office/serve on a committee/be an area representative (steward)